[8] Design for the east front of the house, c1784

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  - Blackadder House, Allanton, Berwickshire for Alexander Boswell c1784 (10)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 32/78

Purpose

[8] Design for the east front of the house, c1784

Aspect

Elevation of the east front of a three-storey, five-bay block with a hipped roof. The central block is flanked by three-storey, single-bay corner turrets surmounted by stepped, ribbed domes and a finial. The central five-bay block has three-quarter height windows on the ground storey, full-height windows on the first storey and oculi on the second storey

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Elevation of the East Front of Blackadder House / (and in the hand of William Adam) the seat of Alexander Boswell Esqr and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

c1784
c1784

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (479 x 258)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

GR surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 3
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 122
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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Drawing

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